4. Dilemmas and Tactical Agency: Patients and the Transformation of Chinese Medicine

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Figures and Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Timeline on Chinese History xv
6. Geographical Map of China xvi
7. Introduction 1
8. PART I Chinese Medicine and the Problem of Plurality
9. 1. Orientations 9
10. 2. Plurality and Synthesis: Toward a Multisited Ethnography of Chinese Medicine 27
11. PART II Contemporary Chinese Medicine: Six Perspectives
12. 3. Hegemonic Pluralism: Chinese Medicine in a Socialist State 65
13. 4. Dilemmas and Tactical Agency: Patients and the Transformation of Chinese Medicine 107
14. 5. Shaping Chinese Medicine: Integration, Innovation, Synthesis 134
15. 6. Students, Disciples, and the Art of Social Networking: Becoming a Physician of Chinese Medicine 164
16. 7. Bianzheng lunzhi: The Emergent Pivot of Contemporary Chinese Medicine 200
17. 8. Creating Knowledge: The Origins of Plurality 238
18. PART III Anthropological Interventions
19. 9. The Future of Chinese Medicine 263
20. Appendix. Four Attempts at Systematizing Pattern Differentiation and Treatment Determination 275
21. Notes 291
22. Bibliography of Premodern Chinese Medical Texts 357
23. Bibliography of Modern Chinese and Western Sources 361
24. Index 397